Hamilton police have charged a 22-year-old Ancaster man with stunt driving after a car drove 55 km over the speed limit on Highway 6.

Police say a car drove from Highway 5 and onto the southbound Highway 6 in front of a police traffic enforcement car at a high rate of speed. The officer recorded the vehicle going 135 km per hour in a posted 80 km zone.

The officer was able to stop the vehicle when it took the exit ramp onto York Road in Dundas.

A man was charged with performing stunt driving by speeding by 50 or more km per hour and a vehicle was impounded for seven days. The driver's licence was also suspended for seven days.